Gothic Horror

Gothic horror is a genre of literature that has elements of both romance and horror. Although it is sometimes confused with paranormal romance, according to some horror writers, gothic horror is considered a more atmospheric type of literature.

See Gothic.
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The Sacred Space Between
The Devil in Oxford (Ruby Vaughn, #3)
I'll Make a Spectacle of You
Hazelthorn
All of Us Murderers
Cinder House
The Graceview Patient
The Hong Kong Widow
Savage Blooms (Unearthly Delights, #1)
The Last Witch
How to Fake a Haunting
Atlas of Unknowable Things
The Works of Vermin
Psychopomp & Circumstance
House of Splinters
Mexican Gothic
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier, #2)
Hungerstone
Hazelthorn
Diavola
The Possession of Alba Díaz
Blood on Her Tongue
The Hacienda
The Bog Wife
My Darling Dreadful Thing
Juniper & Thorn
The Last Witch
The Devil and Mrs. Davenport
Brat
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin1984 by George OrwellSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
SFF: Best Themes
18 books — 11 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. ValenteStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
SFF: Best Settings
38 books — 11 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanGuards! Guards! by Terry PratchettGoing Postal by Terry PratchettThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
SFF: Best Characters
90 books — 16 voters
The Cyclops by Emerson LittlefieldThe Quest for Freedom by Matthew D. Devitt1984 by George OrwellGood Omens by Terry PratchettIt by Stephen  King
SFF: Best Plot
31 books — 29 voters

Dracula
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Mexican Gothic
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Haunting of Hill House
Carmilla
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Rebecca
The Turn of the Screw
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
The Phantom of the Opera
Wuthering Heights
The Castle of Otranto
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

H'deel Batnij
I learned that being invisible doesn’t get anybody anywhere to where they want to go. It doesn’t make anyone grow from being chained from all their traumas and anxieties. Sometimes, we must force ourselves to be set free. Even if it won’t make certain people happy. - Rose (Sweet Nectar, Book 1).
H'deel Batnij, Sweet Nectar: Book 1

Aussprey Dixon
The coal inside her ribs glowed hotter, daring the dark to try and snuff it out
Aussprey Dixon, The Quieting: A Gothic Psychological Thriller

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